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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StrategyMetricsExecution | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |